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A Day's Fishing in South Africa

HEN stationed at one of "I will have some of you," the little stone forts thought I. in South Africa, The spot where the fish rose was under near the Great Fish a krantz, or rocky cliff, at the foot of River (it is Captain which great boulders of rock formed a Lucas, then in com- kind of platform, offering shelter from mand of a troop of both sun and wind. The Great Fish Cape Mounted Rifle- River is always muddy; so thick, indeed, men, who is speaking), I was is it at all times that we were obliged to strolling along its banks one throw a small lump of alum into the morning when to my great bucket in which water was drawn when delight I saw a fish rise. I was used for drinking purposes. This had an old fisherman, and had caught the effect of precipitating something like fish in many different parts of two inches of solid mud to the bottom. the world, but fishing in South Filters were of very little use, for they Africa would indeed be a novel expe- soon got choked up. When the mud was